The name RiverFrogs was created by an
Assistant GM to the AAA Louisville Redbirds, Greg Galiette.

The Louisville RiverFrogs played for
three seasons in Louisville, Kentucky 1995-1998. The team played in Broadbent
Arena (becoming known thereafter as "The Swamp") at the Kentucky Fair
and Exposition Center (KFEC) and mostly practiced there as well. However, the
Arena was frequently not available and many times they had to practice as far
away as Columbus, Indiana. The mascot for the RiverFrogs was named Rowdy. The
Official Team Colors were forest green, purple, & gold.

The RiverFrogs made the playoffs in the
95-96 season, but were swept by the South Carolina Stingrays in the first round
(4-2L, 3-1L, 5-3L).

The RiverFrogs finished 7th of 8 in the
ECHL North in 1996-1997 and did not make the playoffs.

At the end of the 1997-1998 season, the
team was sold and moved to Florida to become the Miami Matadors. The Matadors
franchise went inactive after after the 1998-1999 season. It was moved to
Cincinnati to become the new ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones for the 2001-2002 season.

You can view Louisville RiverFrogs ticket price history in the Ticket prices page.

You can view all of the former Louisville River Frogs'
career statistics by clicking Ralph Slate's Hockeydb.com or you can click on the player's
name below and view only his stats. Also, any players who played in Europe
have a "Eurostats" link to their stats page at Mike Ewer's Eurohockey.net.